Model for Middle Passage Monument
Richard Hunt is an acclaimed and prolific sculptor best known for his commissioned public sculptures found in numerous American cities. His work embodies classical ideals and traditions in a unique style of abstraction that combines both industrial and organic elements.
"Model for Middle Passage Monument" is one of Hunt's yet-to-be fabricated public sculptures. The bronze tabletop sculptural model references a monumental ship-like structure that would serve as a public work commemorating the slave passage from Africa. The somber monument is inspired by the 1962 poem "Middle Passage" by Robert Hayden.
From the SCAD Museum of Art exhibition "Richard Hunt: Promethean Mythmaker [Sculptures, Drawings and Prints]," February 2009.
The Walter O. Evans Collection of African American Art
One of the most important collections of African American visual art dating from the 18th century to the present, the collection includes 62 works from Edward Bannister, Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Robert S. Duncanson, Richard Hunt, Jacob Lawrence and others. This collection forms the foundation of a multidisciplinary center for the study, understanding and appreciation of African American art and culture. Items from the collection have previously rotated in the Evans Center Gallery and through unique exhibitions such as the 2012 "Life's Link: A Fred Wilson Installation," and the 2017 travelling exhibition of Jacob Lawrence's work.